Medical Definition of Spring ophthalmia

1. A chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterised in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus. Synonym: allergic conjunctivitis, spring conjunctivitis, spring ophthalmia, vernal catarrh, vernal keratoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spring Ophthalmia

spring finger
spring for
spring frog
spring green
spring greens
spring gun
spring heath
spring in one's step
spring lancet
spring ligament
spring line
spring lines
spring mattress
spring onion
spring onions
spring ophthalmia (current term)
spring out
spring peeper
spring peepers
spring quillwort
spring roll
spring rolls
spring scale
spring squill
spring tide
spring tides
spring to life
spring to mind
spring training
spring up

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